Projects Director

Position: Projects Director

Location: Southampton or Aylesford with hybrid working

Salary: 120k+ (Neg DOE), car/allowance, bonus, subsistence allowance (where required) and excellent benefits package

Our Client: Is an integrated design and build solution provider operating in the water sector. They have over 1,000 staff working across eight regional centres, primarily supporting eight long term water sector frameworks operating both on their own and increasingly in joint ventures and alliances.

The Role: Our Client is looking to strengthen their delivery team with a Projects Director covering Testwood & Burham on their CMDP Joint Venture Framework.

With a combined value of 200m, these 5-year clean water treatment projects are complex and offer a variety of exciting challenges.

Testwood Water Treatment Works is the largest in Hampshire. The works draw 136m litres of water a day from the River Test which are treated before supplying residents in Totton, Waterside, Southampton and the Isle of Wight. Testwood also supplies the Esso oil refinery at Fawley.

You will report directly to the Framework Director, and you will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of Testwood & Burham projects ensuring consistency with company strategy by planning and evaluating project activities, within the time required and within the tender estimate without risk to the health and safety of all concerned while ensuring good customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities: Promote exceptional safety and delivery quality standards to direct and subcontracted work force.

Ensure that the BMS is implemented at all stages throughout the project delivery process, i.e from tender handover to final completion.

Maintain good client relationships at all levels.

Maintain the company's reputation on a project by ensuring good relationships are maintained with joint venture partners and suppliers.

Ensure that sufficient trained personnel are available for the project and that they are aware of their individual responsibilities.

Plan projects, including reviewing and approving the Project Execution Plan (PEP), and then monitoring and controlling the delivery of projects.

Ensure that appropriately detailed construction plans and method statements are prepared, in place and approved prior to commencement of activities.

Ensure at contract completion that all records referred to in the PEP are complete and available.

Ensure that all site non-conformities are reported and approximate costs identified.

Ensure all commercial aspects of the project are managed in a timely and proactive way giving accurate forecast and estimates.

Understand and implement the Quality, Safety and Environmental Policies and Targets.

Be aware of the need to satisfy customer requirements with the aim of enhancing the customer's perception and satisfaction.

Maintain an appropriate practical knowledge and appreciation of all technical disciplines associated with delivering water and wastewater design and build projects.

Have detailed working knowledge and experience of project management practices from scheme conception through to end user acceptance.

Experience: Essential:

Project Management experience in managing multi-disciplinary design and construction projects, ideally within the water industry.

Qualification in a construction, commercial, or engineering related discipline.

Project Management Qualification (PMQ)or equivalent.

Excellent oral and written communicator with the ability to work in close partnership with clients, stakeholders, and end users.

Must be delivery driven with the ability to set targets and manage and motivate multi-disciplinary teams to deliver to time, cost and quality objectives.

Extensive experience in project delivery.

Strategic, operational, technical and management skills.

Knowledge of construction contracts, ideally NEC and/or IChemE, with ability to negotiate and administer them.

Ability to present at Governance Reviews in a leading capacity.

Risk & opportunity management experience.

Maintain a positive and solution-oriented approach to work, providing open and honest feedback.

Working knowledge of CDM and construction Health & Safety.

Desirable:

Experience in water and wastewater treatment plants.

Chartered with an engineering, commercial, or construction institution.

NEC Project Manager Accreditation

Key Words:

Project Director

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Project Delivery

Framework Director

Programme Director

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Contract Director

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